Share one cool fact about these four amazing games in every post you make in this thread. :) Can be something simple like a cool move something learns, when the games were announced, who designed a character - things like that. One cool fact per post please! Let's learn more about these games!

Alleos was mentioned as the region name within some of the pre-release demo events in the UK! Turns out they were wrong and the region became Unova.

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This is a very interesting read if you like this character. While I thought I knew everything about N, one new thing that I took away from reading this was confirmation that N was psychic. Many of N's statements about futures that he has dreamt of or knowing what Pokemon are thinking can be interpreted as romantic and talking in metaphor. But Masuda in the above link stated clearly that he has the ability to divine the past and the future.

After hearing that I'm beginning to see some similarities between N and Sabrina. They both were raised in isolation and have mystery surrounding their childhood, both are very serious, seem to possess high i.q and are linked to math or science. Both are troubled and mistrust people. They both possess mysterious powers and feel they are set apart from others. Both of them dislike pokemon battles. Both even join evil teams depending on which canon you follow.

There is an npc to battle outside of the Rock Tunnel in Kanto in first gen and its remake. The lass wishes for more Pokemon and says that “There should be apink one with a floral pattern."

It is a relatively well-known easter egg but still cool that her dreams were realized in Generation 5. Game Freak gave us Munna. A cuddly, pink Pokemon with a floral pattern just like the trainer asked for :)

Speaking of the Golett line, some of you may already be aware that Golett and Golurk are based on a magical entities known as a golem. A golem in legend is a figure molded from clay. It has characteristics of a giant. It can be made to move through the use of magic, but usually displays little consciousness. It will battle or carry out whatever task the person who controls the golem bids.

The name Golett is a word play on golem. This line of pokemon resembles depictions of golem in art. Its typing of ghost and ground really makes sense, ghost for the supernatural aspects of the golem and ground for the mud and clay used to construct it. Golurk is also a bulky Pokemon with high attack but slow speed and can have the ability klutz. I would imagine that this line is made that way because golem can be towering and powerful, but also sometimes described as slow, unformed and awkward when they move through our world.

That is not all though. There is a very specific legend known as the golem of Prague that the Golett line has made an allusion to, the strap across the pokemon's chest is associated with this golem in art. This is a story about a 16th century rabbi who called upon the powers a golem to defend the people of the city from oppression from the emperor.

Here are some links that speak about this in much more detail than I ever could.

Speaking of the Golett line, some of you may already be aware that Golett and Golurk are based on a magical entities known as a golem. A golem in legend is a figure molded from clay. It has characteristics of a giant. It can be made to move through the use of magic, but usually displays little consciousness. It will battle or carry out whatever task the person who controls the golem bids.

The name Golett is a word play on golem. This line of pokemon resembles depictions of golem in art. Its typing of ghost and ground really makes sense, ghost for the supernatural aspects of the golem and ground for the mud and clay used to construct it. Golurk is also a bulky Pokemon with high attack but slow speed and can have the ability klutz. I would imagine that this line is made that way because golem can be towering and powerful, but also sometimes described as slow, unformed and awkward when they move through our world.

That is not all though. There is a very specific legend known as the golem of Prague that the Golett line has made an allusion to, the strap across the pokemon's chest is associated with this golem in art. This is a story about a 16th century rabbi who called upon the powers a golem to defend the people of the city from oppression from the emperor.

Here are some links that speak about this in much more detail than I ever could.

I had heard of this glitch before, but this is the first time I watched a video of a player who had triggered it. Its epic, yet spooky too. In Japanese versions of BW2 sometimes a second N appears in the ruins of castle. One N just stands still like a ghost while the other follows wherever you go and won't let you leave. This is like a story on CreepsMcPasta's channel come to life.

Yesterday I did some research on my favorite Unova starter Serperior for a fanfiction, and I wanted to share some of the specifics I have learned about Serperior's design influences here.

Serperior is associated with royalty. The scales on Serperior's body are gold like a king would wear. Many fans have recognized that tthe patterns on his skin are also shaped like fleur-des-lis, the iconic symbol of the Virgin Mary used in the coat of arms of noble families throughout Europe and the monarchy to demonstrate their divine blood. There is also acanthus-like foliage decorating Serperior, a plant that embodied the grandeuer of the ancient Romans and power of Emperor Augustus himself.

Ken Sugmimori has mentioned the art style and era of the Rose of Versailles (one of my favorite animes) specifically as a design focus for Serperior. According to Bulbapedia Serperior is likely making a direct link to Louis the 14th "the sun king" as evidenced by its Black pokedex entry, which describes how Serperior takes in sunlight to make himself stronger. I think the fact that Serperior can learn mirror coat, literally shining back his opponent's attack in their face, may also support this.

Serperior has a pale face as a nod to the white powder that men and women covered their skin and wigs with up until the French revolution. The coloration of Serperior's body also looks similar to Paris green, a highly saught-after dye used in the regency era, though toxic like the lead makeup, showcasing the pokemon's decadence.

I found some equally interesting information about Samurott and Emboar that I would love to post here. I don't think I can include it right now since I just covered some of the cultural origins of Serperior and the limit is one fact per post, but my next one will definitely be about them.

The eelektrik line, one of my faves, is based on three different fishes. Tynamo is an eel larva, which are leaf-shaped and called leptocephali. Eels live in coastal and inland waters, but when they mature they swim out to the ocean to breed and then die. The eggs hatch into the larva who drift along the current and grow out, turning into little eels by the time they reach the shore. However, Eelektrik and Eelektross' wide, gaping jawless mouth is based on the lamprey, which is not closely related to the eel. There is another fish called the electric eel, which is not related to either the lamprey or the eel, that lives in South america. It can produce electric discharges to stun or kill prey.

Speaking of fish, I love that in Unova you can fish pokemon that only evolve by trade, such as Milotic, Huntail or Gorebyss (all three of which are also somewhat eel-shaped, possibly based on moray eels, king-of-herring fish, or legendary sea serpents), Kingdra and Politoed. I usually don't have trading partners for the older games so it's great to catch these awesome water types. Can you tell I love fish?

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